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Possibility of Culture, The: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics


Possibility of Culture, The: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics

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Possibility of Culture, The: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics

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ISBN:
9781118950654
Publication Date:
12 Jun 2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages:
160 pages
Format:
Hardback
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Possibility of Culture, The: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics

Description

The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant's depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development. Presents an in-depth exploration of the connection between Kant's aesthetics and his views on moral development Reveals the links between Kant's aesthetics and his anthropology and moral psychology Explores Kant's notion of genius and his views on the connections between the social aspects of taste and moral development Addresses aspects of Kant's ethical theory that will interest scholars working in ethics and moral psychology

Contents

Acknowledgements viii Note on Citations ix Introduction 1 1 Aesthetics and Culture in Context 13 2 Beauty and Love 31 3 Beauty and Disinterestedness 46 4 Art, Genius, and Abstraction 66 5 Sublimity and Esteem 84 6 Choosing Culture Over Happiness 105 7 Conclusion 122 Bibliography 138 Index 143

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